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Puea Thai Party Invite Democrat to Lead
A former member of parliament and senate speaker for the Democrat party, Manoonkrit Roopkhachorn, has been invited to lead the Puea party, made up of supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The announcement was made by Puea MP for Samut Prakarn, Pracha Prasopdee.
Mr Pracha [...]

FBI Review of Evidence in Carradine Case
Police inspectors from the Bangkok police department, overseen by observers from the U.S. FBI have reviewed the evidence gathered in the strange case of David Carradine’s death and have determined that Carradine was alone at the time of his death. The report came from Pol Col Kachornsak Parnsakorn, deputy [...]

Thaksin Promises to Fix Everything
The Democrat Party has failed to achieve results around the Thailand’s economic problems because it is not capable and must share decisions among other parties in the current coalition government, according to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s statements during his phone hookup to the seminar of red-shirt supporters late afternoon on [...]

Abhisit Announces Changes to Thailand’s Investment Laws
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, in a speech about restructuring the Thai economy and riding out the economic crisis, has announced that the Thai government is moving to amend laws regarding investment in an attempt to increase the confidence of those investing in Thai businesses. The government is hoping [...]

Rare Irrawaddy Dolphins Facing Extinction in Mekong River
The environmental organization, The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) has announced a study finding that only 64 to possibly 76 Irrawaddy Dolphins remain in the Mekong river. The explanation given for the declining numbers is that toxic pesticides as well as industrial waste are so polluting [...]

Purchase of Armored Limos Approved for Big Shots
The Prime Minister’s cabinet voted on Tuesday to approve a proposal to have the Armed Forces Security Centre of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Command to buy 20 armored limousines for use by VIPs at a cost to the government of 122.8 million baht.
The purpose of the armored [...]

FBI Observing Carradine Death Satisfied With Thai Police Investigation
FBI observers looking into the Thai police investigation of the strange death of David Carradine have stated that they are satisfied with the procedures of Thai police inspectors working on the case. Rumors had swirled at the time of death that there might have been foul play [...]

World Heritage Site Designation Leads to Thai Cambodian Bickering
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Wednesday that Thailand will request the World Heritage Committee to review the judgment to register Preah Vihear temple, on the border of Si Sa Ket province, as a World Heritage site under the sole administration of Cambodia,
The World Heritage [...]

Thai Economy Expected to Return to Health by End of 2010
Kanit Saengsuphan, director of the Fiscal Policy Research Institute, said Wednesday at a seminar called “Financial Situation in the Current Economic Crisis” that the economy is unlikely to return to normal growth until sometime around the end of 2010. He estimates that the growth rate [...]